RAF Atherstone

RAF Atherstone
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		RAF
Location		Atherstone on Stour
Elevation AMSL		190 ft / 58 m
Coordinates
Map
RAF Atherstone Location in Warwickshire
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
18/36	Unknown	Unknown	Concrete
Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Concrete
Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Concrete

RAF Atherstone is a former Royal Air Force station located north east of Atherstone on Stour, Warwickshire, England, 2.2 mi (3.5 km) southeast of Stratford-Upon-Avon.

RAF Atherstone was operational from September 1941 to 1945.

Contents 1 Hangars 2 Runways 3 Squadrons 4 Departments based at RAF Atherstone 5 Aircraft Operated 6 Current Status 7 References 8 External links

Hangars

The airfield had eight hangars. There was three Type 2's and five Type C's.

Runways

There were three runways

Squadrons

• No 22 Operational Training Unit operated as a satellite to RAF Wellesbourne Mountford from September 1941 to November 1942
• No 23 OTU - November 1942 to February 1944
• No 22 OTU - March 1944 to 1945

Departments based at RAF Atherstone

Post-war

• RAF Signals Flying Unit

Aircraft Operated

• No 22 OTU Vickers Wellington
• No 23 OTU Vickers Wellington
• No 22 OTU Vickers Wellington

Current Status

The majority of the perimeter track remain and only the outline of the runaways are present with a building near the centre of the airfield

References

• United Kingdom AIP

External links

• BBC People's War